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<h1>Debugger Console and Process Output Tabs in the Output Window</h1>
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<p>The Output window contains two tabs:</p>

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<p>Debugger Console tab</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t18 r1c2-t18">Displays messages from the debugger for the current session and includes hyperlinks to the source code.</td>
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<p><i>Process</i> (debug) tab</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t18 r1c2-t18">Displays messages, such as compilation and deployment messages, from the process associated with the current session.</td>
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<p>The context menu in the Output window provides the following commands:</p>

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<p>Copy</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Copies the selected text to the clipboard.</td>
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<p>Find</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Finds a string in the window.</td>
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<p>Find Next</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Finds the next occurrence of the search item specified in Find.</td>
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<p>Wrap Text</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Wraps text to the window width. If not, you must expand the window to see text that is wider than the window.</td>
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<p>Save As</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Prompts you for a file where you can save the window contents.</td>
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<p>Clear</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Clears the contents of the selected tabbed window.</td>
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<p>Close</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t19 r1c2-t19">Closes the Output window completely.</td>
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